Thursday, August 31, 2017

I Know Me and Not Me


I have found that one of the surest signs that I am making art is that the idea or concept seems to leap to me from somewhere in me that I cannot necessarily identify as me.  Craftsmanship, while very important to the making of art, comes from me in the form of diligence applied to material and the elements and principles of design.  However that does not make art!  Art seems to come from a complete mystery.  Another mystery is that the same equation seems to apply when I see true art, my ability to identify it seems to spring from somewhere that I am quite sure is not me. 

detail of my work, "Reliquary To The Word Fly"

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